Antonio Jesús Díaz Ramos
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Antonio Jesús Díaz Ramos was born at Bollullos del Condado in Huelva on 31 December 1896, was ordained priest on 18 December 1920 and was made parish administrator at Cazalla de la Sierra near Seville in 1931. Arrested in the night of 18 July 1936, he was put to death in the prison of Cazalla de la Sierra on 5 August. Pope Francis beatified him on 18 November 2023.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was arrested at night and executed in the prison of Cazalla de la Sierra.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 116 (2024), p. 3 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - manuel-gonzalez-serna-rodriguez-e-19-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 18 November 2023
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.